New Age CategoriesWe made some minor changes to our Memberships for 2017 so that we can more effectively provide the resources and services to our members. The number of age categories is increasing from two (2) to four (4) so that everything LVA provides can be more focused and specialized for each categories needs. The new categories are:MINOR – Ages 8 – 13JUNIOR – Ages 13-19SENIOR – Ages 20-29MASTER – Ages 30 & UpWorkouts for the […]

Share this:

Like this:

Fast Times Give A Sweet End to 20162016 Tannenbaum 10KM ResultsEric Labelle and Chad Patterson competed in their last race of 2016 as part of a competitive field. The two LVA members both successfully achieved some fast 10KM times in a fitting end to 2016.Watch the start of the race with both Eric and Chad in the front group! Eric Labelle and Chad Patterson both finished off their season and year with some fantastic racing. […]

Like this:

Toronto will host the World Masters Athletics Championship event for the 2nd time, 45 years after it held the very first one in 1975. Masters Athletics is meant to foster international friendship, understanding and co-operation through these athletics events and I would highly recommend everyone take the opportunity to participate, volunteer or spectate in 2020! DetailsThe event will take place over 11 days from July 21 – August 2 2020 with 8000 athletes ages 35 and older expected […]

Share this:

Like this:

Lions Valley Athletics sent a team of 6 athletes to the 2016 Athletics Ontario Cross Country Championships in Niagara this past weekend. Darryl Rowan, our sole Masters competitor ran the Masters 5KM event, the first race of the day. This was his return to racing after taking some time off due to injury and he was pleased with how he finished. He finished 92nd in 24:18. Our Senior Mens team of Mike Gill, Eric Labelle, Chad […]

Like this:

The clocks changed last weekend giving everyone an extra hour Saturday evening. With the changing of the clocks we will also adjust our Saturday morning workout for the winter. The Sat Workout moves to 10:00AM starting November 12, 2016 through March 2017 when the clocks change back and on March 18, 2017 Saturdays workout moves back to 9:00AM. We decided to do this for a couple of reasons:Mornings can get cold in the winter and the […]

Share this:

Like this:

For the second year in a row, Mike Gill competed in the OMA Sunnybrook 8KM XC race. This year conditions were less than ideal with the recent rain making the ground, muddy and soft which meanst Mike was unlikely to break the M35 course record he set last year. It was another race where Mike kept things comfortable for the first couple of kilometers with a group then took the lead and never looked back. He just […]